JP2008237285A - Camera case - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a camera case which can store a camera having at least two appearance forms including a basic appearance form and a variation appearance form having a part potion partially projecting with respect to the basic appearance form by sacrificing neither portability nor fittability of the camera. <P>SOLUTION: The camera case is composed of a body portion 13 having a camera storage space corresponding to the basic appearance form inside, and making an open space outwardly opened the insertion opening of a camera of the basic appearance form, and a case body 10 formed of a body cover 14 blocking the insertion opening. The case body is provided with an opening 17 to put in and out the part portion, a decorative member 18 blocking the opening in a basic appearance form condition, and a part portion cover 21 surrounding the part portion projecting from the opening 17 in a variation appearance form condition and protecting the part portion. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a camera case, particularly a camera case suitable for housing a digital camera.

  Cameras, especially portable digital cameras, are often carried in bags or jacket pockets, and they prevent digital cameras from getting dirty or scratched during storage or transportation. Various camera cases have been developed and are already sold by companies.

As an example of this camera case, for example, a case body having a shape corresponding to the external shape of the camera is made of a soft material, and when the camera is used, a warship part cover and a camera that covers the warship part on the upper surface of the camera are used. A configuration is known in which a lens cover that covers a lens portion protruding from the front portion of the main body is folded to be compact (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A-9-276026

  However, since this conventional camera case is made corresponding to the external shape of the camera, such as an optical viewfinder unit, an electronic viewfinder unit, or a strobe unit can be externally attached to the accessory shoe on the upper surface of the camera body. In the case of a digital camera whose external shape changes depending on whether or not the part is mounted, such as a digital camera in which parts (parts) can be detachably attached later, for example, the camera case 1 is attached to the camera body as shown in FIG. 2 (see FIG. 2), it is inconvenient that it cannot be stored in the camera case 1 in the state of the changed appearance shape with the parts attached to the camera body 2, if it is made corresponding to the basic appearance shape with no parts attached. The appearance changes when the camera body 2 is attached with the part 3 (see FIG. 3). If the camera case is made in response, the camera body can be stored in the camera case by fitting the camera body 2 to the changed appearance shape where the part 3 is mounted, but the part 3 is removed from the camera body 2 If you want to store it in the basic external shape, the camera case will not fit exactly with the camera body, and the size of the camera case will increase by the amount corresponding to the external shape of the parts. Inconvenient.

  Here, the camera case manufactured to correspond to the changed appearance is not shown.

  Thus, a camera that can store a camera in accordance with both external appearance shapes of the camera that exhibits at least two external appearance shapes, that is, a basic external appearance shape and a changed external appearance shape having a part part protruding from the basic external appearance shape. When trying to construct the case, there is a problem that portability is sacrificed or the fit varnish of the camera is sacrificed when the basic appearance shape is stored.

The present invention, without sacrificing portability and camera fit varnish,
To provide a camera case capable of storing a camera having both appearance shapes of a camera having at least two appearance shapes, namely, a basic appearance shape and a change appearance shape having a part part protruding from the basic appearance shape. Objective.

The feature of the present invention is that the camera can be accommodated according to both external appearance shapes of the camera having at least two external appearance shapes, that is, a basic external appearance shape and a changed external appearance shape having a part part protruding from the basic external appearance shape. A camera case,
A main body part that has a camera housing space corresponding to the basic external shape inside and an open space that opens toward the outside serves as an insertion port for the basic external shape camera, and a main body cover that closes the insertion port The case body is composed of an opening that allows a part to enter and exit from the case body, a decorative member that closes the opening in a basic appearance shape, and a part that protrudes from the opening in a changed appearance shape. And a part cover for protecting the part.

  The component part is preferably an optional part that can be attached to and detached from the camera body, and this optional part is a strobe unit, an optical viewfinder, or an electronic viewfinder that is detachably attached to the upper surface part of the camera body.

  The cover part is preferably formed integrally and continuously with the main body part, and the opening is preferably formed at least in the main body cover.

  The decorative member is preferably composed of a decorative belt made of leather, leather or synthetic resin, and this decorative belt extends in the direction in which the opening can be closed with the peripheral wall of the opening as a base end, and a part of the decorative belt It is desirable to constitute a part of a component part cover that covers the upper surface part, the front part, and the rear surface part of the optional part.

Both side surface portions of the component portion cover are composed of a pair of cloth bands extending in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the decorative belt extends, and a fixing tool for removably fixing the front end portions of the pair of cloth bands in the extending direction to the opening peripheral wall. It is desirable that the both side surfaces of the component cover are assembled by fixing the tip of a pair of cloth bands to a fixing tool. The main body cover is continuously connected to the upper surface portion of the rear surface portion, and a fixing tool is provided on the bottom surface portion of the main body portion to fix the front end portion in the extending direction of the decorative belt in a tension state. A fixing tool is provided to fix the front end of the decorative belt in a slack state. When a camera corresponding to the basic external shape is housed, the decorative belt is fixed in a tensioned state inside the main body. Appearance shape When a camera corresponding to the above is accommodated, the decorative belt is preferably fixed in a relaxed state so as to straddle the opening inside the main body.

  When storing the camera corresponding to the basic external shape, one of the pair of fabric bands is folded, the other of the pair of fabric bands is folded so as to hold down the folded fabric band, and the tip corresponds to the other tip It is desirable that the opening is closed in a state in which it is fixed to the fixing tool and the folding part is pushed into the opening.

  According to the present invention, there is provided a main body portion having a camera housing space corresponding to the basic external shape on the inside and an open space opened outwardly as an insertion port for the basic external shape camera, and the insertion. Consists of a case body composed of a body cover that closes the mouth, an opening through which the component part enters and exits the case body, a decorative member that closes the opening in the basic appearance shape, and a protruding appearance from the opening in the changed appearance shape state A component part cover that surrounds the protected component part and protects the component part is provided, so that the basic appearance shape and the basic appearance shape are the same without sacrificing portability and the fit varnish property of the camera. It is possible to provide a camera case that can accommodate cameras having both external appearance shapes of a camera that exhibits at least two external appearance shapes, including a change external appearance shape having a component portion protruding from the portion.

  Since the component cover is protected by pulling out the protective cover portion that protects the component portion from the opening, a camera case with high functionality can be provided without impairing the external shape of the case body.

  In the case of the camera case according to the present invention, when the component part is an optional part that can be attached to and detached from the camera body, the camera can be stored with the parts mounted on the camera body, and the parts are mounted on the camera body in this way. Even if it can be stored in a state, the camera can be stored without impairing the portability and fit varnish properties with the parts removed.

  If at least the opening for entering and exiting the optional parts is formed in the main unit cover, the part can naturally protrude outward from the housing space when closing the insertion slot. The camera body can be stored smoothly.

  The decorative member is composed of a decorative belt made of leather, leather or synthetic resin that extends in the direction in which the opening can be closed with the peripheral wall of the opening as the base end, and part of the upper part, front part, and rear part of the optional part If both sides of the part cover are configured by a pair of cloth bands extending in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the decorative belt extends, almost the entire optional part can be obtained. Since it can be covered with a hard part cover, it is possible to ensure the protection of optional parts.

  In addition, a structure is provided in which a fixing tool for removably fixing a tip end portion in the extending direction of the pair of fabric bands is provided on the peripheral wall of the opening, and both side surfaces of the component part cover are assembled by fixing the tip ends of the pair of cloth bands to the fixing tool. Then, the cover can be easily assembled.

  A fixing tool is provided on the bottom surface of the main body to fix the decorative belt extending in the tension direction, and a fixing tool is provided on the rear surface of the main body to fix the decorative belt extending in the slack state. When storing a camera corresponding to the basic appearance shape, the decorative belt is fixed in a tension state inside the main body, and when storing a camera corresponding to the changed appearance shape, the decorative belt is placed inside the main body. If it is configured to be fixed in a relaxed state so as to straddle the opening, it will not interfere with storage when storing a camera with a basic appearance shape, and it is optional when storing a camera corresponding to a changed appearance shape. Parts can be easily guided from the inside to the outside.

  When storing the camera corresponding to the basic appearance shape, fold one of the pair of cloth bands, fold down the other of the pair of cloth bands so as to hold down the folded cloth band, and fix the tip to the other tip If the opening is closed while being fixed to the tool and the folding portion is pushed into the opening, the opening is closed by a part of the decorative belt, so that the appearance can be improved.

  Embodiments of a camera case according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  Since the camera case according to the present invention is applied to a camera having the same shape as a conventional camera, the camera will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 4 is an external view of a camera case according to the present invention, and reference numeral 10 indicates a case body. This camera case has both the external appearances of the camera body 2 (see FIGS. 2 and 3) having at least two external shapes, namely, a basic external shape and a changed external shape having a part projecting partly from the basic external shape. The camera can be stored according to the shape. Here, the component part is an optional part 3 that can be attached to and detached from the accessory shoe of the camera body 2, and this optional part 3 is, for example, a strobe unit or an optical finder or an electronic view that is detachably attached to the upper surface part of the camera body 2. FIG. 3 shows a strobe unit.

  The case body 10 has a camera housing space 11 corresponding to the basic appearance shape on the inside, and a main body portion 13 in which an open space opened outward is an insertion port 12 for the camera of the basic appearance shape. The main body cover 14 closes the insertion port 12. The main body portion 13 includes a front surface portion 13a, a rear surface portion 13b, a pair of side surface portions 13c and 13c, and a bottom surface portion 13d.

  A pair of magnet-type adsorption buttons 15 are provided on the front surface portion 13a with an interval in the width direction. The main body cover 14 is sewn and integrated with the upper surface portion of the rear surface portion 13b.

  The main body cover 14 is provided with suction buttons 16 and 16 facing the pair of suction buttons 15 and 15. The main body cover 14 is provided with an opening 17 through which the optional part 3 is put in and out.

  One end of a decorative belt 18 is sewn to the opening 17 in a direction in which the opening 17 can be closed with the peripheral wall of the opening as a base end. The decorative belt 18 is opened in the state of the basic appearance of the camera body 2. It functions as a decorative member that closes 17. The decorative belt 18 is made of leather, leather or synthetic resin, for example.

  The decorative belt 18 is provided with a pair of fabric bands 19 and 20 extending in a direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the decorative belt 18. The fabric bands 19 and 20 are made of a material softer than the decorative belt 18.

  The pair of fabric bands 19, 20 constitute side parts 21a, 21a (see FIG. 10) of the part cover 21 that surrounds the optional part 3 protruding from the opening 17 in the state of the changed appearance and protects the optional part 3. A part of the decorative belt 18 is used to protect the upper surface portion 21b, the front surface portion 21c, and the rear surface portion 21d of the component cover 21 that surrounds the optional part 3 and protects the optional part 3. It is done.

  Magic tapes (registered trademark) 22 and 22 are provided on the peripheral wall of the opening 17 so as to detachably fix the distal ends of the pair of cloth bands 19 and 20 in the extending direction. Velcro tapes (registered trademark) 23 and 23 are provided at the distal end portions as the fasteners facing the magic tapes (registered trademark) 22 and 22.

  A magic tape (registered trademark) 24 as a fixing tool is provided at the front end of the decorative belt 18 in the extending direction, and the bottom surface portion 13d of the main body 13 has a magic tape (registered trademark) 24 on the side close to the front surface portion 13a. A magic tape (registered trademark) 25 is provided as a fixing tool that cooperates to fix the decorative belt 18 in a tension state. The magic tape (registered trademark) 24 is provided on the inner side and the upper surface of the rear surface portion 13b of the main body portion 13. A magic tape (registered trademark) 26 is provided as a fixing tool for fixing the decorative belt 18 in a loose state in cooperation with the decorative belt 18.

  When the camera corresponding to the basic external shape is housed, as shown in FIG. 5, the velcro tape (registered trademark) 24 at the tip of the decorative belt 18 is attached to the velcro tape (registered trademark) 25 on the bottom surface portion 13d. The tape 18 is slightly tensioned, and as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 6A, one of the pair of fabric bands 19, 20 is folded so as to overlap the decorative belt 18. Next, as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 6 (b), the other cloth band 20 is folded so as to hold down the folded cloth band 19, and the Velcro tape (registered trademark) 23 is replaced with the Velcro tape (registered trademark) 22. Paste to. Subsequently, the folded fabric band portion is pushed into the opening 17. As a result, as shown in FIG. 7, the pair of cloth bands 19, 20 are stored in the opening 17 so as not to interfere with the storage of the camera having the basic external shape. Since the opening 17 is closed in this manner, even if the opening 17 is formed, the aesthetic appearance can be prevented, and the presence of the opening 17 can improve the aesthetic appearance.

  Here, on the upper surface inside the rear surface portion 13b, the other fabric band 20 is folded so as to hold down the folded fabric band 19, and the Velcro tape (registered trademark) 23 is folded into the Velcro tape (registered trademark) 22. An auxiliary velcro tape (registered trademark) 27 is provided to assist the fixation of the other fabric band 20 when it is attached to the fabric.

  Next, when the camera corresponding to the changed external shape with the optional part 3 attached to the camera body 2 is housed, the Velcro 24 (registered trademark) 24 at the tip of the decorative belt 18 is attached to the rear surface portion as shown in FIG. The decorative belt 18 is fixed to the rear surface portion 13b in a slack state by being affixed to the magic tape (registered trademark) 26 of 13b, and then the magic tapes (registered trademark) 23, 23 of the pair of cloth bands 19, 20 are magically attached. As shown in FIG. 9, the folding part of the decorative belt 18 is pushed into the opening 17 so as to protrude outward, as shown in FIG. In this state, if the camera corresponding to the changed external shape with the optional part 3 attached is accommodated in the accommodating space 11 and the main body cover 14 is closed, as shown in FIG. Component portion cover 21 protrudes in a state of protecting the optional part 3 naturally from the opening 17.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described above. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, a bag body 28 (see FIG. 13) as a cloth part cover 21 is sewn in advance on the peripheral wall of the opening. A magic tape (registered trademark) 29 for fixing the decorative belt 18 in a tension state in cooperation with a magic tape (registered trademark) 24 provided at the tip of the decorative belt 18 is provided on the bottom surface portion 13d. Alternatively, a magic tape (registered trademark) 30 that fixes the decorative belt 18 in a loose state in cooperation with the magic tape (registered trademark) 24 may be provided on the inner surface and the upper surface portion of the rear surface portion 13b.

  Even in this configuration, since a part of the decorative belt 18 covers the front surface portion, the upper surface portion, and the rear surface portion of the bag body 28, the option part 3 can be reliably protected.

  Further, according to this configuration, since the component part cover 21 is formed from the bag body 28, the work of assembling the component part cover 21 can be saved.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 14, the decorative belt 18 is composed of two divided belts 18a and 18b sewn at both ends, and a bag body 28 is sewn to one of the divided belts 18a and 18b. It can also be set as the structure attached.

It is an external view of the camera case for accommodating the camera shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the external appearance shape of a camera, Comprising: It is a figure which shows the state in which the option parts are not attached. It is a figure for demonstrating the external shape of a camera, Comprising: It is a figure which shows the state in which the option parts are attached to the camera shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the camera case concerning this invention, Comprising: It is a perspective view which shows the state which can see the inside. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a work procedure for housing a camera having a basic external shape in a camera case according to the present invention, and a state immediately before the decorative belt shown in FIG. 4 is fixed to the fixing tool on the bottom portion shown in FIG. FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the folding operation | work of the fabric band shown in FIG. 4, Comprising: (a) is explanatory drawing explaining the operation | work which folds and overlaps one fabric belt on a decoration belt, (b) is the direction shown to (a). It is explanatory drawing explaining the operation | work which folds and overlaps a cloth belt on a decoration belt. It is an external view of the camera case which accommodated the camera of the basic external appearance shape. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the operation | work procedure which accommodates the camera of a change external appearance shape in the camera case concerning this invention, Comprising: It is a figure which shows the assembly procedure of a part part cover. It is explanatory drawing explaining the pushing-in state to opening of the component part cover shown in FIG. It is an external view of the camera case which accommodated the camera of a change external appearance shape. It is explanatory drawing of another form of the camera case concerning this invention, Comprising: It is a side view of the camera case in which the part part cover was formed by sewing the bag body to the opening surrounding wall. It is explanatory drawing of the camera case shown in FIG. 11, Comprising: It is a figure which shows the state seen from the top in the state which opened the main body cover. It is an external view of the bag shown in FIG. It is the elements on larger scale of the decoration belt shown in FIG. 11, Comprising: It is a figure which shows the state which provided the bag body between the decoration belts and sewed the bag body to one side of the decoration belt.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Case body 13 ... Main-body part 14 ... Main-body cover 17 ... Opening 18 ... Decoration belt (decorative member)
21. Parts cover

Claims (8)

A camera case that can accommodate the camera in accordance with both external appearance shapes of the camera that exhibits at least two external appearance shapes, that is, a basic external appearance shape and a changed external appearance shape having a part part protruding from the basic external appearance shape. And
A camera housing space corresponding to the basic appearance shape is provided inside, and an open space opened outwardly closes the main body portion serving as the insertion opening of the camera having the basic appearance shape and the insertion opening. A case body composed of a main body cover, an opening through which the component part enters and exits the case body, a decorative member that closes the opening in the state of the basic appearance, and the opening in the state of the change appearance A camera case, comprising: a part cover that surrounds the part projecting from the part and protects the part. The camera case according to claim 1, wherein the component part is an optional part that is detachable from the camera body. The camera case according to claim 2, wherein the optional part is a strobe unit, an optical viewfinder, or an electronic viewfinder that is detachably attached to an upper surface portion of the camera body. The camera case according to claim 2, wherein the main body cover is formed integrally and continuously with the main body portion, and the opening is formed at least in the main body cover. The decorative member comprises a decorative belt made of leather, leather or resin, and the decorative belt extends in a direction in which the opening can be closed with the opening peripheral wall of the opening as a base end, and a part thereof 5. The camera case according to claim 4, wherein the camera case comprises a part of a part cover that covers an upper surface portion, a front portion, and a rear surface portion of the option part. A fixing tool comprising a pair of cloth bands whose both side surfaces of the component section cover extend in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the belt extends, and removably fixing the leading ends of the pair of cloth bands in the extending direction. The camera case according to claim 5, wherein both side surfaces of the component part cover are assembled by fixing leading ends of the pair of cloth bands to the fixing tool. The main body portion is composed of a bottom surface portion, a front surface portion, a rear surface portion, and a pair of side surface portions, and the main body cover is continuously connected to the upper surface portion of the rear surface portion, and the bottom surface portion of the main body portion has the decoration A fixing tool for fixing the front end of the belt in the tension direction is provided, and a fixing tool for fixing the front end of the decorative belt in a slack state is provided on the rear surface of the main body. When the camera corresponding to the external shape is stored, the decorative belt is fixed in a tensioned state inside the main body, and when the camera corresponding to the changed external shape is stored, the decorative belt is the main body. The camera case according to claim 6, wherein the camera case is fixed in a relaxed state so as to straddle the opening inside the portion. When the camera corresponding to the basic external shape is stored, one of the pair of cloth bands is folded, the other of the pair of cloth bands is folded so as to hold down the folded cloth band, and the tip of the pair of cloth bands is folded. The camera case according to claim 7, wherein the camera case is fixed to a fixing tool corresponding to the tip of the camera, and the opening is closed in a state in which the folded portion is pushed into the opening.

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